squillion

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/ˈskwɪljən/

noun

A very large, unspecified number

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounsquillion (plural squillions)

plural squillions

  1. slangA very large, unspecified number

    I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself.

    2004 May 8, Noelle S. Alito, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet)
    3 more examples

    The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion.

    1974, Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna, Ballantine Books (2000), pages 102-103

    You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing.

    1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, page 138

    It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.

    2004 May 7, Xaonon, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet)

    Antonyms: bupkis, zip, zilch, nada

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nounA very large, unspecified number

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APA

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